Chicago City Wire

Former teacher and speech pathologist Cyrilla Lambesis, who retired in December 2016, saved $67,179 toward a pension over 12 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Lambesis would collect as much as $1.13 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Lambesis received $23,838 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Lambesis will have already received $73,681 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.