Over 30 years of retirement, Pridgeon would collect as much as $2.81 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Cook News.
The projection assumes Pridgeon received $59,120 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Pridgeon will have already received $182,735 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.