Over 30 years of retirement, Persons would collect as much as $3.26 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Persons received $68,575 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Persons will have already received $211,958 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.