Over 30 years of retirement, Sheridan would collect as much as $1.02 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Illinois Valley Times.
The projection assumes Sheridan received $21,533 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Sheridan will have already received $66,556 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.