Over 30 years of retirement, Menke would collect as much as $3.74 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rock Island Today.
The projection assumes Menke received $78,607 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Menke will have already received $242,966 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.