Shielded lights prevent nightime light pollution.

Sanderson Academy engaged Dodson Associates, Ltd in the overall site design and engineering for a $3.5 million new elementary school located on a 30 acre rural site in Ashfield, Massachusetts. Dodson Associates collaborated with architect in determining building location, orientation and design. The firm designed and specified access roads, parking areas, grading, drainage, planting, thinning and moving of existing trees, layout of play fields, and exterior lighting. Dodson Associates prepared complete construction drawing set and supervised construction of project. Total site construction budget: $630,000.

The school sits at the base of a hill, looking out over fields.