Over 30 years of retirement, Castle would collect as much as $1.97 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes NW Illinois News.
The projection assumes Castle received $41,504 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Castle will have already received $84,253 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.