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WCBS 880 AM: School Bus Driver Almost Loses Job Over Santa Hat

Commack, NY - A Commack School District bus driver says he nearly lost his job because he refused to take off his Santa Claus cap while driving his route.

Sixty-five-year-old Kenneth Mott has a white beard and an ample gut -- giving him a good resemblance to Santa. The Bayport man says he has been wearing his furry red-and-white hat every December since he started working five years ago for the Baumann and Sons bus company, which transports students in the Commack School District.

He says last Thursday, when he returned from bringing children to Rolling Hills Primary School and Commack Middle School, he said his supervisors at Baumann and Sons demanded that he take off his Santa hat.

Mott said he was told that a parent of a child complained to the district saying that the child doesn't believe in Santa Claus and was bothered by the hat. (Emphasis mine.)

Mott says he doesn't pretend to be Santa while driving, nor does he play Christmas carols or decorate his bus.

Mott said that after he told parents that Friday might be his last day on the job because of the hat, supervisors suddenly told him he could wear the hat after all.

Commack School District Superintendent James Feltman said he told the district's transportation supervisor that the hat could stay since it was not a religious object, was not distracting to the driver, and didn't interfere with the driver's duties.