Mrs Brown was the school administration manager and from her central base at the reception desk saw, heard and noted the comings and goings of thousands of students, hundreds of teachers - and jokes that she "trained" nine school principals in that time.
As the school's first port of call, Mrs Brown for nearly four decades was the face of the school and a source of Wee Waa wisdom and knowledge - watching children grow, knowing their families, noting happy and sad events, and the achievements in their lives.
In recent years she has been there to greet the third generation of students from some families.
Affectionately labelled by some as "the fountain of knowledge," Mrs Brown was often the first go-to person in a school crisis, for parental enquiries and from new teachers seeking local advice.
Humour, tolerance, confidentiality and discretion, top-line organisational skills and loads of common sense have been the essential tools of trade for this former city bank employee, who when growing up at Inverell knew of Wee Waa but viewed it as being too far away to ever go there.
That was until she met her husband-to-be, Narrabri-born accountant Tom Brown, who was a guest at the Inverell wedding of her sister Kath to Robert Hamilton back in 1963. After her own marriage Mrs Brown moved to Wee Waa in 1968.
In 1974 she was one of over 30 women who applied for a clerical assistant's job at what was then Wee Waa Central School, the combined high and primary school.
There was no interview but all applicants were tested together by the principal with a dictation and typing test. "I thought I had no chance but if it was meant to be then I would get the position," Mrs Brown said.
When a new administration block was built at the Central School in 1975 the clerical assistant moved a desk into a tiny hat room and did her work from there until moving to her final domain at Reception.
When the school eventually split into two, high school and public school campuses, Mrs Brown continued working at the public school and in 1986 was made administration manager.
With her many years of school service as a ‘knowledgeable education aid', Mrs Brown embraced her front desk role with gusto, saying there had never been a day she had not wanted to attend work.
As testament to her dedication the reluctant retiree has left unclaimed over 300 unused sick days, avoiding time- off she even arrived from her rural home by boat during big floods.
"I feel that after 38 and-a-half years someone else needs a go," she said about her difficult decision to resign.
"It's been wonderful.
"I have had a sense of fulfilment through my work with children and staff and always enjoyed going in to school.
"It was never a chore.
"And I would often stay a bit longer in the afternoon in case parents phoned-in with an enquiry.
"I believe it was better to have a problem solved quickly rather than for them to have to sleep on it.
"If there was no one at the school to help, like a teacher, I would tell them that it would be dealt with first thing in the morning.
"They knew if I said that it would be done, it would be, because my philosophy was that if you say you will do something, you do it.
"It is important to be very tolerant of anyone coming in to the school and I was taught at an early age there is good in everyone," she said.
For new teachers, of which there have been hundreds, Mrs Brown was welcoming and friendly, showing them around, making introductions and giving them local information.
She was also there for the new children who at first could be a little lost or hesitant - even tending to their minor grazes with a Bandaid and a few comforting words.
She welcomed the introduction of the first computers at the school office in 1989, saying it was "a big learning curve" for her and other staff.
"I didn't know anything about computers then, now I love them," she said. "I love learning and enjoy passing information on."
Mrs Brown embraced making school programs, word processing, publishing and developing the Wee Waa public school web page.
Jenny and her husband Tom Brown leave Wee Waa to live at Tamworth and be closer to the families of their two sons who live at Newcastle.
For them the regional centre is also not too far from Wee Waa.
For the couple it was a difficult decision to leave Wee Waa with its caring community, strong friendships and where they have both been happy.
(North West Courier Narrabri - 28 May 2013)