Bailey’s Elementary Schools gets a new principal

Satonya Dews

Satonya Dews, the assistant principal at West Springfield Elementary School, has been named the new principal of Bailey’s Primary Elementary School in Bailey’s Crossroads, effective Feb. 1.  She will succeed Interim Principal August Frattali. 

Dews began her career in Fairfax County Public Schools as a teacher at Woodley Hills Elementary School in 2012, where she taught general education, students with disabilities, and students enrolled in English for speakers of other languages. 

She then worked as an ESOL assessment teacher in the central office and as assistant principal at Cardinal Forest Elementary School. Dews looks forward to using her Spanish language skills at Bailey’s. 

She earned bachelor’s degrees in international business and Spanish from James Madison University, a master’s degree in early childhood education from Norfolk State University, and a master of education degree in curriculum and instruction from George Mason University.