School's out — forever

Credit: MANUEL MARTINEZ
Lucie Escobar, 10, practices the piano during an unschooled day at home in Evanston.

On a recent school day last spring, sisters Iris Haun, 14, and Selene Haun, 10, crawled out of their beds around 9:30 a.m., washed dishes and made themselves a leisurely breakfast before straightening up their house. Next, they fed their guinea pigs. By then, it was 12:30, so they had lunch, and Selene jumped on the trampoline for a while.

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By DANIELLE BRAFF