Over 30 years of retirement, Baynes would collect as much as $1.4 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Baynes received $29,339 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Baynes will have already received $122,744 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.