You should have stopped right there. The problem is that seniors in this country have pretty much earned that distinction. I live in Arizona, and I see it every day. They want to live in an area with all the amenities; golf courses, casinos, theaters, recrationation centers, parks and so forth. Families move to these retirement mecas for jobs to provide these services. The minute a school is forced to issue bonds to pay for more buildings (just buildings), so the students are not stufffed into closets or 100 a class, the retireries come out in force and vote them down. Time and time again. I've watched school districts here remove areas from their districts just so they could build more schools (Peoria had to do this after 7 failed bond innitiatives). I had a rather enjoyable moment working in the HVAC business when Sun Lakes voted down a Chandler school district innitiative. Every HVAC servicer in the East Valley (east metro phoenix) removed the zip code encompassing Sun Lakes from their service listing. Anyone living in Sun Lakes had to get AC repairs from a servicer 20+ miles away, with the $100ish trip charge just to go out there.
If retireries want to contiue acting as though they're done with being a part of a community, then they should hardly act suprised when the community wants to stop supporting or working for them.
I am 67 myself and not able to afford a community like Sun Lakes. My school taxes are outrageous but I haven't tried to avoid them. My complaint, and perhaps the complaint of the seniors you cite, is that the money is ill spent and not accomplishing the intent. About 50% of our taxes go to "administration" with the blacks and the Hispanics fighting over who should have the largest share of the pie. More money will only mean more corruption.
Kids can get an education if they want one. Building fancier buildings and the other stuff they want is just a sop to the labor unions and the teachers unions. Maybe that is what these seniors see.