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Byline: David Wickert
Jun. 22--Proposals for charter schools in Eatonville and Federal Way apparently are on hold until voters decide the fate of Referendum 55 in November.
Though advocates have proposed at least three South Sound charter schools, their applications can go nowhere until voters decide the fate of the referendum, which apparently has enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
Charter schools advocates say they're frustrated that their efforts might be thwarted just as they were gaining momentum.
"There's a lot of students who will not be helped in the next year," said Brock d'Avignon, curriculum director for Desert Sands High School in California, which hopes to open a school in Federal Way or another nearby district.
But opponents say …