Over 30 years of retirement, Arendas would collect as much as $1.06 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.
The projection assumes Arendas received $22,313 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Arendas will have already received $93,347 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.