Over 30 years of retirement, Hie would collect as much as $3.81 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Hie received $80,061 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Hie will have already received $247,461 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.