{"id":854,"date":"2026-05-29T04:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=854"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:05:27","slug":"dvusd-governing-board-member-faces-backlash-after-making-nazi-salute-at-public-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=854","title":{"rendered":"DVUSD Governing Board member faces backlash after making Nazi salute at public meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>PHOENIX \u2014 Outrage is growing after a Governing Board Member for the Deer Valley Unified School District made a Nazi salute during a public meeting. Teachers, parents, and community members are calling the gesture deeply offensive, and they want her to step down.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=852\">Don\u2019t ignore your check engine light \u2014 here\u2019s why<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201c<\/b>When you bring in something like that and try to excuse it away, you&#8217;re talking about a situation in our history that caused harm to millions of people,\u201d Kelley Fisher, Deer Valley Education Association President, said.<\/p>\n<p>This happened Tuesday at the DVUSD Governing Board meeting, where board member Kim Fisher made a Nazi salute and exclamation, an apparent show of frustration with the Board President.<\/p>\n<p>ABC15 has watched the public video of the meeting and reviewed it. We are choosing not to show it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt brings a lot of trauma with it, whether she realizes that or not. And we are now dealing with the repercussions of that with our staff and perhaps with our students and our families,\u201d Kelley Fisher, who has no relation to Kim Fisher, said.<\/p>\n<p>The Deer Valley Education Association is now calling for Kim Fisher to resign.<\/p>\n<p>The video has spread online, drawing sharp criticism.<\/p>\n<p>The Deer Valley Unified School District released a statement Thursday, saying it does not condone gestures or language associated with hate, adding Fisher\u2019s actions do not reflect the school community.<\/p>\n<p><b>Deer Valley Unified School District full statement:<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>The District does not condone, support, or endorse gestures or language associated with hate, discrimination, intimidation, or violence in any form. Such actions do not reflect the mission or vision of Deer Valley Unified School District (DVUSD).<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>DVUSD remains committed to fostering a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for all students, staff, families, and community members. We recognize the concern this incident has caused within our community and remain focused on ensuring that our schools remain places where every individual feels valued and respected.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>As an elected official, Mrs. Fisher speaks and acts independently. Her views and actions do not reflect and should not be attributed to other Board members, staff, other members of the school community, or the District.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>State Representative Stephanie Simacek, also on the Governing Board, released a statement condemning the actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened in that room was not a joke,\u201d Simacek\u2019s statement reads in part. \u201cThis is what antisemitism looks like when people get comfortable. This is what hatred looks like when it finds a seat at the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=850\">Prosecutors not pursuing the death penalty against one of the men accused of murdering Mercedes Vega<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Center For Jewish Philanthropy of Greater Phoenix said in a statement, \u201cSuch references carry the weight of the Holocaust and their invocation in any public setting reignites the real horrors committed by Nazi Germany.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Center for Jewish Philanthropy of Greater Phoenix full statement:<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThe Center for Jewish Philanthropy of Greater Phoenix strongly and unequivocally condemns the actions of Deer Valley Unified School District board member Kim Fisher at a recent board meeting. The use of Nazi language, imagery, and symbolism is offensive and harmful. Such references carry the weight of the Holocaust and their invocation in any public setting reignites the real horrors committed by Nazi Germany, and causes direct harm to the Jewish community, Holocaust survivors, and other minority groups. We have reached out to the Deer Valley Unified School District to express our gratitude for their swift and powerful statement condemning Ms. Fisher&#8217;s actions.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>-Gail L. Baer, Chief Philanthropy Officer<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Kim Fisher posted her own video to Facebook after the meeting, in it, saying another board member reminds her of a dictator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had been living or operating under virtually a dictatorship for a long time, and a manipulation,\u201d Fisher says in part in the eight-minute video that can be viewed by the public. \u201cKids don&#8217;t need people with power trips, kids need a good education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fisher offered no apology for making the gesture in that video. She has not responded to ABC15\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really need to see an acknowledgement of the harm caused and an apology made,\u201d Sarah Kader, Anti-Defamation League Desert Region Deputy Director, said.<\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Defamation League recently released its annual audit of antisemitic incidents, and Kader says it shows that 2025 sustained high levels. She says they will review the incident involving Fisher to determine if it will be included in the 2026 audit.<\/p>\n<p>Kader says these situations are personal for many Jewish families, including her own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth of my dad&#8217;s parents survived the Holocaust. My grandmother&#8217;s a survivor of Auschwitz,\u201d Kader said. \u201cSo when we see these gestures made, that were taken in support of Hitler, it&#8217;s deeply, deeply troubling and offensive, and really painful. 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