School told mom her daughter, cheerleader with Down Syndrome, is a 'liability'

 
by Pooja Lodhia from ABC13:DEER PARK, TX (KTRK) -- She's one of her team's biggest fans. A high school cheerleader in Deer Park who has overcome so much in her life, living with Down Syndrome. Now her family wants answers after they say she was told to move away from the sidelines at their last game.Freshman Brittany Davila, 16, has Down Syndrome. But she's been a cheerleader for years, first for her junior high, and now for Deer Park High School."That's her favorite thing to do," said Brittany's mother, Buffy Davila. "She doesn't understand why they're telling her she can't do it. I don't know how to explain it to her."Davila turned to Eyewitness News after she says Deer Park officials complained."She cheered last week at the volleyball game," said Davila. "Then yesterday we went and it was a different coach, and now she can't do it because it's a liability."