http://cbsnewyork.com/local/NYC--SpanishNote-nyn/resources_news_htmlSchool officials in Tarrytown apologized today for a dress-code reminder sent to parents that went out in English and Spanish --
but included the requirement of a ``clean body and clothing'' only in the Spanish version.Some Hispanic parents were offended. The Washington Irving Intermediate School, which has 560 students and is part of a district that has a 50 percent Hispanic student population routinely sends out notes to parents in two languages.
Superintendent Howard Smith of the Tarrytowns school district says the reminder was taken from the school handbook, which has the ``clean body'' requirement in both English and Spanish.
He said that line was ``mistakenly left out'' of the English note.Smith said
also left out of the English note by mistake was a ban on gang-affiliated clothing, not usually a problem with the 9-to-12-year-old pupils at Washington Irving.
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