Over 30 years of retirement, Rickels would collect as much as $2.44 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes NW Illinois News.
The projection assumes Rickels received $51,309 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Rickels will have already received $214,656 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.