Overview
- Video of the May 26 meeting shows board member Kimberly Fisher raise her right arm in a Nazi-style salute and say “heil” after a dispute over scheduling.
- Fellow board member and state Rep. Stephanie Simacek and the Deer Valley teachers union publicly condemned the act and demanded Fisher be censured or step down.
- The Deer Valley Unified School District issued a statement saying it does not condone language or gestures tied to hate and that Fisher speaks and acts independently as an elected official.
- Fisher defended the salute in a Facebook Live video, saying she meant to compare the board president to a dictator and declined to apologize.
- Legal experts and officials note that elected board members have strong speech protections and that formal removal would likely require a difficult recall or internal board action, keeping Fisher in office for now while the controversy continues.