Vivienne Diaz, 9, is in third grade at Wantage Elementary School in Sussex, N.J. She says she has been wearing a scarf on her head pretty much since the beginning of the school year to keep her hair out of her face. But she says suddenly her teacher had a problem with it because it could be gang-related.
"She just came up and said 'Can you roll it up because it looks like a bandana and gangs wear bandanas'," Diaz said.
Vivienne's parents were outraged after they discovered what happened Monday morning when Vivienne was getting ready for school.
The school is in a rural farming community.
"It's an elementary school...third grade through fifth grade," her father Ed Diaz said. "Demographically, this is just absurd."
Diaz says the principal told him the situation was cut and dry.
Diaz says, "I was shocked. I think it's ridiculous. I think this is one step way beyond where the government wants to tell people what to let their children wear on their head."
At the end of the school day Tuesday, the school sent a copy of its dress code policy home with Vivienne.The policy says hats, hoods, visors, headband, and other headgear are forbidden.
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