George Theoharis is a professor of education at Syracuse University. Kristin White is a pharmacist at Wegmans and former elite triathlete. Both are Fayetteville-Manlius residents and parents of avid runners.
Bill Aris and the Fayetteville-Manlius running program are back in the news, but not for trophies. Over many years, families raised serious concerns about how he treated the children in his care — and how the F-M school district looked the other way. Bill Aris has now been suspended from coaching F-M runners pending an investigation.
Supporters of Bill Aris started using the phrase “justice for coach Aris”—showing up at the most recent school board meeting with this slogan on shirts and erecting yard signs, seeking to remind us all that Bill Aris is a “winner.”…