Over 30 years of retirement, Babcock would collect as much as $2.26 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Cook News.
The projection assumes Babcock received $47,434 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Babcock will have already received $146,614 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.