Over 30 years of retirement, O'Brien would collect as much as $896,954, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes O'Brien received $18,853 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, O'Brien will have already received $38,272 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.