Over 30 years of retirement, Hardy would collect as much as $3.15 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Hardy received $66,269 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Hardy will have already received $204,831 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.