The Beaverton School District is re-evaluating its hiring practices after the arrest of a cheerleading coach.
ChatmanDavid Chatman was the head cheerleading coach at Beaverton’s Southridge High School and also a coach the West Coast Extreme All-Star Cheerleaders, a private company based in Tigard.
The 32-year-old was escorting a group of 20 cheerleaders back from a competition in Florida when the alleged abuse took place. He was reportedly seated between two of the girls and abused one of them while she slept on the airplane. The 16-year-old woke up during the alleged abuse and told her parents when she got home.


