Over 30 years of retirement, Fitzgerald Bowlds would collect as much as $3.68 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Fitzgerald Bowlds received $77,433 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Fitzgerald Bowlds will have already received $157,189 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.