Over 30 years of retirement, Giles would collect as much as $2.76 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Giles received $57,912 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Giles will have already received $178,999 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.