Over 30 years of retirement, Kaegebein would collect as much as $856,414, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Grundy Reporter.
The projection assumes Kaegebein received $18,001 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Kaegebein will have already received $36,542 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.