By Paul Eakins, North County Times, Escondido, Calif. May 9--VALLEY CENTER ---- The tiny, isolated Palomar Mountain school has gotten a year's reprieve after fears that it would have to close at the end of the school year because of declining enrollment.

By Paul Eakins, North County Times, Escondido, Calif. Apr. 7--PALOMAR MOUNTAIN ---- In this isolated, sparsely populated mountain community, where much of life centers on the famed Palomar Observatory, the one small school doesn't just educate children.

By Paul Eakins, North County Times, Escondido, Calif. Mar. 16--PALOMAR MOUNTAIN ---- Declining enrollment at the tiny, isolated Palomar Mountain School in the Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District has put the school's future in question.