Over 30 years of retirement, Cleave would collect as much as $3.57 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Kane County Reporter.
The projection assumes Cleave received $74,997 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Cleave will have already received $231,808 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.