My kids are 6 and 4, and I don't think I'm sure when we'll let them go alone as it depends how the old one develops over the next couple years. It's very likely by the time he's 8 we'll be convinced that he's totally capable.
The only hitch I find is on the day I signed my kid up for kindergarten about 4 kids showed up. It was a PD day, so they weren't supposed to be there. It was a bit of an issue because the secretaries couldn't send the kids back home without confirming that a parent would be there to accept them (I'm assuming that's a hard rule whether you agree or not). If there was no parent at home, then the kid had to sit there until somebody came to get them, which isn't impossible but I can see how it could be annoying.
I'm pretty militant with my calendar, but it's not crazy that a mistake happens from time to time.
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