Over 30 years of retirement, Coffman would collect as much as $2.61 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes NW Illinois News.
The projection assumes Coffman received $54,801 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Coffman will have already received $169,384 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.