Deb Compton new VWCS board member

Van Wert independent staff report

The Van Wert City Board of Education met in special session on Wednesday morning at the S.F. Goedde Building and approved Deb Compton as a new board member to replace Jessica Weiss.

Weiss had to resign when her family relocated to Oklahoma.

Compton attended the meeting and said she was pleased to be taking a seat on the board of education.

“I feel that Van Wert High School prepared me well for college and I want to give back to the school and community and think this would be a great fit,” she said.

Compton, who is director of physical rehabilitation for Therapy Solutions, which provides physical therapy services for Van Wert County Hospital, is a 1996 graduate of Van Wert High School who earned a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo and a doctorate in physical therapy from Des Moines University in Iowa.

She is currently working on an MBA from the University of Tiffin.

Compton has a son, LJ, who is 2, while her husband, Luke, works at Vantage Career Center in Van Wert.