Over 30 years of retirement, Zohfeld would collect as much as $601,608, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Zohfeld received $12,645 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Zohfeld will have already received $39,084 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.