Over 30 years of retirement, Puentes would collect as much as $3.35 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes NW Illinois News.
The projection assumes Puentes received $70,478 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Puentes will have already received $217,840 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.