My younger sister was in elementary school at the same time as me. We were 3 grade years apart. When she was in kindergarten and I was in 3rd I remember sometimes going to her kindergarten room with my mom to drop her off or pick her up. Otherwise, I never saw her. She only went to school a half a day in kindergarten.
When she was in 1st and I was in 4th I was on the other side of the building and never saw her during the day.
We moved when we were in 2nd and 5th and I probably saw her 3 times the entire year during the day when our classes happen to be in the same hallway at the same time. I always liked running into her. Same the following year. We never had much time to even acknowledge each other, because in elementary school you need to stay in line and move with the class.
I think I would have really liked if we could have been together in some classes or at lunch time. If my mom had not put me ahead a year that would have been the case in jr high.
Our high school was 10–12 and she lived in NY for 10th and 11th, so by the time she came back I had already graduated. If our high school had started in 9th grade she would have been with me when I was a senior. I think maybe that would have made things easier for her, but I don’t know. I only went to school a half year in 12th grade.