Over 30 years of retirement, Childs would collect as much as $432,386, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Childs received $9,088 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Childs will have already received $28,091 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.