Reminds me of a personal experience many years ago. I was in 1st grade and 5 years old,,,, no kindergarden back then. At noon the teacher said all the kids who were going home for lunch could leave now,,, so I left. Home was only 7 miles away and I made it without a hitch. My mother wondered who was walking in the door in the middle of the afternoon though.
This was 1950 if you have to know.