I grew up in the Midwest in the 1950s and spanking on the bare bottom was allowed in school up to the fourth grade. I got spanked in kindergarten, first and third grades.
In kindergarten, we had rugs that we took naps on. We rolled them up and kept them in a closet and got them out when it was nap time. One day, for some reason, I refused to get out my rug – I don’t know why.