Oh, you're gonna love this one...lol

[monmouth4]

Saw a comment from someone who grew up with her and the bread bag story was a a lie because Joni Ernst went to private school.

This was on FB so don't know how true it is but it sounds so republicanish....

[drray23]

1. if this is true

this will be her undoing. Whether or not she went to private school and therefore did not ride the public school bus should be pretty easy to check for any investigative journalist.

[monmouth4]

2. My thinking exactly. They never look down the road to see what the repercussions could be..lol..n/t

[progressoid]

3. No it won't.

It's a swell folksy tale that the voting morons in this state think is just the bees knees. Accuracy notwithstanding.

Besides, people have short memories about this kind of crap and the 2020 election is a looooong way off.

[Raine1967]

4. Her wiki page says she went to Stanton High School, is it private?

I found this on her wiki page from 1994: http://www.las.iastate.edu/archive/plaza/one_name.php?id=378

[monmouth4]

5. And a valedictorian. Doesn't sound private to me but then again this was from FB and don't know

how much faith to put into it...

[Raine1967]

6. I went to the school's page and I can't tell. I would love if this could be confirmed:

http://stantonschools.com

IS it public or private? I ask because this could be a pretty big deal.

[Denzil_DC]

7. This is from 1994:

She graduated from Stanton High School honored as the valedictorian of her class.

http://www.las.iastate.edu/archive/plaza/one_name.php?id=378

That is the source of the Wikipedia article information on this part of her education.

It's a public school nowadays - http://iowa.hometownlocator.com/schools/profiles,n,stanton%20high%20school,z,51573,t,pb,i,1043088.cfm and http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/iowa/districts/stanton-comm-school-district/stanton-high-school-7797 - I guess somebody needs to check that this was the case when she attended.

Just try not to hand her more publicity by making allegations that will crumble under scrutiny.

Anyone interested could also take a look at the Wikipedia Talk page for her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Joni_Ernst

Here's one snippet:

Also, Stanton High School presently has a graduating class of ~32 [2] and was likely much smaller yet at the time of her graduation -- this fact provides more clarity to her well-reported "Valedictorian" status.

I don't know whether she makes a big deal herself of being valedictorian. Sounds like her campaign hasn't released a lot of info about her schooling - maybe there's not much to say beyond the breadbag thing.