Over 30 years of retirement, Herron would collect as much as $1.56 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Herron received $32,691 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Herron will have already received $101,045 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.