Chicago City Wire

Former school counselor Sylvia Biglari, who retired in July 2018, saved $109,756 toward a pension over 22 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Biglari would collect as much as $2.09 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Biglari received $43,865 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Biglari will have already received $135,582 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.