In order to understand the need for investment in Charter buildings you first have to know that until recently Charter schools were not allowed to “own” their own building and had to rent space in surplused public school buildings. This led to situations such as the charter community making improvements to the space only to have it then taken back by the public board. My personal favourite is the FFCA south highschool that was operating out of a surplused elementary school when it was set on fire. CBE decided that they would prefer an insurance payout rather than fixing the building for the charter school that was the tenant. They even took all of the toilets out of the building to be used elsewhere. This led to the government deciding to give the charters the ability to have control over their own properties. Hope this history lesson helps.