Cudgegong Valley Public School deputy principal Wendy Hogben is closing the book on 30 years of teaching at the end of this term.
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For the last seven years she's been an important part of the CVPS leadership team, although that's not originally what she had her eye on when moving to the local region from Wahroonga at the end of 2011.
"My husband and I had moved to Mudgee for a 'tree-change', the kids had grown up and after being at Wahroonga for 20 years we decided to come here," she said.
"I came to the school and dropped in my CV."
The then-principal of CVPS, Glenn Stewart, offered her a class for Term 1 of the following year.
Which lead to her successfully applying for an assistant principal role at the school, then into relieving deputy, that became the substantive role in 2014.
The somewhat meteoric rise - casual teacher to deputy in a year - wasn't originally the plan for Mrs Hogben, who said with a laugh that she wasn't going to do any "major work".
"It didn't quite pan out that way," she said.
"But it's just been a wonderful place to work, the school has a very special feel.
"The kids are beautiful and the parents and staff are fantastic to work with."
However, all things must come to an end.
And although she said that she's not retiring, her time at school will reach its conclusion at the final bell on Friday.
"Now it's time after 30 years of teaching, to 'hang up the chalk' and take on another venture," Mrs Hogben said.
Even though technology - the factor that she said has changed schooling the most in her three decades - has long since taken chalkboards out of classrooms.
When she wakes up on her first school day morning after the holidays - knowing it won't be at CVPS - she said she'll "definitely miss the people".
"I'll miss the relationships - the students, the parents and the staff. Because my role as the deputy is all about people," she said.
And when it comes to dealing with people, Mrs Hogben added that it's important to remember that "it's impossible to be too nice".