The summer sounds of basketballs hitting the blacktop court at the LBI Grade School felt like a distant memory Tuesday. A large white tent stood in place of children and adults alike dribbling a basketball and shooting a three-pointer for a win on the court fronting Central Avenue.  

The tent at the Ship Bottom school, like a similar one at the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School in neighboring Surf City, was erected as spaces for outdoor instruction, weather permitting.