Over 30 years of retirement, Paige would collect as much as $2.37 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Paige received $49,877 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Paige will have already received $101,250 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.