Over 30 years of retirement, Bradford would collect as much as $1.2 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Will County Gazette.
The projection assumes Bradford received $25,299 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Bradford will have already received $78,197 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.