To elaborate a bit, if what Rabbi Twerski is suggesting is that he would rather push the 18th century girls to the local Freischule where they will be completely lost than try to keep them doing Mitzvos and keeping Halacha (albeit with a Kulah that is not preferred), than I can’t agree. That goes right back to my main point regarding a Shul rabbi (or school principal) having leeway to be maikel (via a valid shittah) against “normative” Halacha due to extenuating circumstances.
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