Over 30 years of retirement, Scherer Emunds would collect as much as $911,449, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Cook News.
The projection assumes Scherer Emunds received $19,158 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Scherer Emunds will have already received $80,151 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.