Over 30 years of retirement, Rivas would collect as much as $1.23 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Kane County Reporter.
The projection assumes Rivas received $25,911 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Rivas will have already received $52,599 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.