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PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A Deer Valley Unified School District board member is facing calls to resign after making a gesture many are calling offensive during a heated board meeting Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

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The incident happened during a disagreement over when to hold a public work session.<\/p>\n

Tensions had been building for several minutes before the exchange escalated. Video from the meeting shows board members arguing over a proposed start time for a work session.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people who have been board president. We managed to collaborate with each other and with the community without throwing a tantrum,\u201d board member Kim Fisher said.<\/p>\n

Debate over meeting time<\/h2>\n

The debate centered on a 4:30 p.m. start time that some board members said would make it difficult for parents, teachers and board members to attend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole point of us having a work study with our community is that we can get their input and they can hear the discussion,\u201d Fisher said.<\/p>\n

Board President Paul Carver Jr. pushed back, arguing no one had formally proposed changes to policy or alternate dates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just going to be a little ornery with you just for a minute Mrs. Fisher because everybody\u2019s been making this request non-stop and everybody knows the policy,\u201d Carver said.<\/p>\n

Moments later, Fisher appeared to give a Nazi salute while saying \u201cHeil\u201d during the exchange.<\/p>\n

Calls for resignation<\/h2>\n

The Deer Valley Education Association called the gesture \u201chorrifying and disgusting\u201d online and called for Fischer to resign.<\/p>\n

Arizona State Representative and fellow board member Stephanie Simacek also spoke out Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened in that room was not a joke. It was not a political statement or an expression of frustration,\u201d Simacek said.<\/p>\n

Gregg Leslie, executive director of the First Amendment Clinic at ASU\u2019s Sandra Day O\u2019Connor College of Law, said punishing elected officials over speech alone can create dangerous legal precedent.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not the most professional behavior,\u201d Leslie said. \u201cIt\u2019s just the kind of thing that we have to protect and we have to tolerate it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re just engaged in a little name-calling. And to punish it really would be extreme. It really would say that just by saying words, you\u2019re causing a kind of damage that has to be remedied. And that\u2019s really not what\u2019s happening in most situations like this,\u201d Leslie said.<\/p>\n

Leslie said any government action to remove Fisher could result in legal consequences.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the government actually took action to remove her from office, I think she\u2019d have a civil rights suit against the body that removed her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we would shy from taking a case like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Fisher acknowledged and defended her actions on a personal Facebook page, calling the board president a dictator.<\/p>\n

A district spokesperson said the district does not condone gestures or language associated with hate, discrimination, intimidation or violence.<\/p>\n

The statement said that as an elected official, Fisher speaks and acts independently.<\/p>\n

Board members are elected officials, which means they typically cannot be fired. A recall effort would likely be required.<\/p>\n

In a recent case in Peoria Unified, board members voted to remove their president from that leadership role over controversial comments tied to a sexual misconduct investigation. She remains on the board as an elected official.<\/p>\n

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