Over 30 years of retirement, Valdes would collect as much as $2.88 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Kane County Reporter.
The projection assumes Valdes received $60,507 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Valdes will have already received $187,021 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.