SARASOTA, Fla. ( WWSB ) - This month’s Chalkboard Champion for Sarasota County hails from Sarasota herself and is honored to teach in her own school district.

Mackenzie Burnett has only been officially instilling the love of English and Language Arts in 6th graders at Brookside Middle School for a year and is already making an impact in her first year of teaching.

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She not only teaches but also coaches the Girls Basketball Team, and decided to launch a Girls Group aimed at promoting community and confidence among all female students.

Mrs. Burnett said, “I felt that we needed something everyone could be a part of. You don’t need to have a talent, you don’t need to have money, you just show up. So every morning they come, I try to have

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