Reply To: why are girl schools closed on Sundays

Not all girls schools are off on Sun. In E”Y, Sunday is a regular school day – and work day- for everyone.
There are girls schools in the US that have some classes on Sun as well.
For those that don’t:
On Sundays, boys do not learn secular studies, AFAIK. As others have said here, girls chiyuv for learning Torah is not equivalent to boys, and they have a different curriculum and do not need the Sun hours. I don’t think they davka give off Sun so they can study and do homework, although I think they do have more homework. assignments, projects etc than the boys, and I remember using many a Sunday to do mine (Having off erev shabbos afternoon and shabbos was not for that purpose). But if the default in the US is to close school on Sunday, then there has to be a good reason to open it – which is there for the boys – limud Torah, but not necessarily for the girls. Also keep in mind, that the girls’ teachers are women, often mothers with young families, who really need that day off. In E”Y every teacher works only 5 days a week, and gets a day off some other day during the week instead.