Over 30 years of retirement, Cavarretta would collect as much as $1.26 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McHenry Times.
The projection assumes Cavarretta received $26,549 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Cavarretta will have already received $111,069 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.