Overview
- Driver Dave Bonhoff quit on February 18 after a student complaint led a Krise Transportation supervisor to ask him not to wear the hat and offer an American‑flag hat instead.
- Krise Transportation points to a dress code barring apparel with political sentiments and says it did not issue an ultimatum.
- The Littlestown Area School District says drivers work for the contractor, not the district, and it supports neutrality on sensitive issues.
- Bonhoff, a retired Baltimore County police officer known to students as “Mr. Dave,” calls the slogan patriotic and says he would return if the restriction were lifted.
- Republican state Senator Doug Mastriano publicly defended Bonhoff as a free‑speech matter, and no change in policy or rehiring has been reported.