Alice West Fleet

Alice West Fleet (1909–2000) was the first American educator and an African American reading teacher in Arlington, Virginia, after desegregation of the Arlington County school system ended on February 2, 1959. She retired from teaching in 1971, after 31 years in the Arlington County school system.

Biography Fleet earned a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She later pursued doctoral studies at the George Washington University, The school's motto is "Let nothing and no one stop you," a principle Fleet emphasized throughout her life.