{"id":12367,"date":"2025-04-24T09:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T16:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/?p=12367"},"modified":"2025-04-24T09:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T16:59:30","slug":"grandolfo-award-seeks-nominations-winner-to-be-announced-at-stn-expo-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/grandolfo-award-seeks-nominations-winner-to-be-announced-at-stn-expo-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandolfo Award Seeks Nominations, Winner to be Announced at STN EXPO West"},"content":{"rendered":"

A prestigious award that recognizes the exemplary work and service of an outstanding transportation professional who emphasizes safety for students with disabilities will be presented at the STN EXPO West<\/a> Conference this July.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Peter Grandolfo in an
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This will be the 19th year the award is presented, in honor of Peter J. Grandolfo, who passed away Jan. 22, 2006. Grandolfo was recognized during his lifetime for his dedicated work as a director of transportation for Chicago Public Schools, a school board member for 35 years, a National Association for Pupil Transportation board member, and local and national school bus trainer, bus supervisor, and router. The Grandolfo Award was established the year after Grandolfo\u2019s death by Bill and Colette Paul, the founders of School Transportation News.<\/p>\n

Linda Grandolfo, Peter\u2019s widow, has continued to be a recognized part of STN conferences as the on-site registration manager.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am honored for the 19th year to present the Peter J. Grandolfo Memorial Award,\u201d said Linda. \u201cThis award annually honors a school transportation professional, who goes above and beyond in their job duties on behalf of the nation\u2019s schoolchildren, with a special emphasis on students with special needs. Peter\u2019s passion was the safe transportation of our children in a yellow school bus. He worked and traveled tirelessly to educate and support this passion. Twenty years after his sudden passing in 2006, his legacy remains in the student transportation industry. Presenting this award annually in Reno is truly a highlight for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2025 Grandolfo Award is sponsored by Q\u2019Straint\/Sure-Lok. Linda Grandolfo will announce the winner July 14 before the STN EXPO West keynote address by Jon Petz. Submit a nomination<\/a> by May 9.<\/p>\n

Save $100 on regular conference registration with Early Bird registration by June 6. STN EXPO West will be held July 11-16 in Reno, Nevada at the Peppermill Resort. Find registration and hotel details and stay tuned for updates on the conference agenda, exhibitor lists & unique experiences at stnexpo.com\/west<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Linda Grandolfo presents the history of the Grandolfo Award at the STN EXPO West conference in Reno, Nevada on July 15, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/stnexpo-grandolfo-award.jpg-1.webp?fit=1392%2C933&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12369,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12367\/revisions\/12369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}