Two Howard County candidates want computers for each high school freshman as a way to help boost test scores, butat least one PTA official is skeptical about the plan.

“It?s not so much getting technology into the schools; you have to have the teachers prepared and lessons plans available,” said Deborah Wessner, executive director of the Howard County PTA. “You can?t just put something in someone?s hand and expect them to know how to use them.”