Over 30 years of retirement, Barthel would collect as much as $92,960, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Kane County Reporter.
The projection assumes Barthel received $1,953 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Barthel will have already received $6,037 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.