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Saturday, August 2, 2025

Former assistant principal Martinez Valiukenas paid in $103K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $2.49M in retirement

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Former assistant principal Maria Martinez Valiukenas, who retired in December 2018, saved $102,596 toward a pension over 21 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Martinez Valiukenas would collect as much as $2.49 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Martinez Valiukenas received $52,274 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Martinez Valiukenas will have already received $106,116 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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