Over 30 years of retirement, Maxwell would collect as much as $619,043, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Maxwell received $13,011 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Maxwell will have already received $26,412 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.