Over 30 years of retirement, Kirsch would collect as much as $1.36 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes SE Illinois News.
The projection assumes Kirsch received $28,683 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Kirsch will have already received $88,655 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.