InterMountain Education Service District (IMESD) Superintendent Mark Mulvihill joins KUMA Coffee Hour host Dan Thesman to outline a transformative vision for education and health across Eastern Oregon. Mulvihill shares details on the signing of a landmark Declaration of Cooperation and an $850,000 Rural Health Transformation Grant supporting "Project Upstream" — an ambitious initiative focused on maternal health, early literacy, and child development during a child's first 1,000 days. He also discusses a major $550,000 grant from the Oregon Department of Education to scale IMESD’s Virtual Learning Academy statewide, offering affordable, district-centered online courses. Plus, Mulvihill provides a crucial status update on the historic outdoor school properties amidst the ongoing threats of the local Haagen Fire.