I'm not only "from around here" but I've been here over half a century.  I am none of those things, but I am someone who has spent hundreds of hours volunteering in schools and I have read every page of our district's budget, every year for the past 6 years, and made sure I understood it as well as understood what various administrative positions actually do. There are many tasks required to run a district and support classrooms.  I like to actually educate myself and gain first-hand knowledge of subjects before I act like I have all the answers or even before I make suggestions.