That message, pasted on a school bond measure, hooks parents and grandparents every time. In the Old Days, most schools were simple structures built by towns or religious organizations.

Civic Builders, a 23-year-old nonprofit charter school developer and financer, borrowed though the public municipal bond market for the first time.

That message, pasted on a school bond measure, hooks parents and grandparents every time. In the Old Days, most schools were simple structures built by towns or religious organizations. Times have ...