Over 30 years of retirement, Abell would collect as much as $1.34 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes SE Illinois News.
The projection assumes Abell received $28,131 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Abell will have already received $86,950 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.