Over 30 years of retirement, Betke would collect as much as $3.35 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McHenry Times.
The projection assumes Betke received $70,329 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Betke will have already received $142,768 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.