Over 30 years of retirement, Gerace would collect as much as $2.91 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Gerace received $61,198 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Gerace will have already received $189,157 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.