A comfortable return: after spring break, 85% of Shelton students back in classroom Brian Gioiele FacebookTwitterEmail Exterior view of the Board of Education offices in Shelton, Conn. Nov. 5, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media SHELTON — Some 15 percent of city students remain distance learners, and that number continues to drop, according to Superintendent Ken Saranich. Saranich, in an update to the Board of Education this week, said that as of April 28, 675 of the 4,399 students in the district are distance learners. The number has dropped 6 percent since March 22, he said. Individual schools fall on both sides of the line, data show, with some with a higher percentage of students on distance learning at some schools and fewer at others.