Over 30 years of retirement, Flowers would collect as much as $313,386, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Cook News.
The projection assumes Flowers received $6,587 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Flowers will have already received $20,361 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.