Over 30 years of retirement, Cunningham would collect as much as $73,768, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Cunningham received $1,550 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Cunningham will have already received $6,486 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.