I'm not going to pretend that I'm some expert on CSD. What I will ask you is this: have you seen the success that Lincoln Charter has had in basketball? Miraculously each year they load their roster with D-1 level basket ball talent. Their Cross Country program is exactly the same. How about MIC's football roster? They "randomly" draw D-1 talent each year as well as a roster of new juniors? There was a charter in Durham (Kestrel Heights?) that was dominant in basketball and finally got their hands called for cheating and was forced to fold. There is just zero way that these consistent athletic successes happen with a true unbiased lottery system. On top of this, most of these charters are in populous areas where there are a huge number of high school aged students to pull from. Yes, you may be close to all of those 4A programs that you named, but in reality, your QB would not play at those schools. He's a very good 1A QB but a spec on the map at Mallard Creek. That is even further incentive for these marginal 4A athletes to try to attend a charter which is classified as 1A ... immediately playing time and success. Like I said, I'm not accusing CSD of anything, because I don't know anything about you. I'll flat out tell you that Lincoln Charter and MICS recruit and bypass their lottery. There is no other way that they end up with what they have.