Over 30 years of retirement, Rowden would collect as much as $714,464, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Peoria Standard.
The projection assumes Rowden received $15,017 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Rowden will have already received $62,827 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.