In Matt Zalaznick’s article, “Closing the school-to-prison Pipeline”, he talks about a new system that the educators of King’s Junior High School is trying out. Their new system is a way to act on behavioral issues, based on a points system. “Behavior Intervention Points” is what they are calling them and the more a student receives the more sever the punishment. Four points leads to a parent teacher meeting, eight points results in parents and students meeting with administrators of the school, and so on. Before, they had a zero-tolerance policy, which is ideal in situations that are extreme, such as: weapons and drugs, but not so ideal when you have no set way of disciplining a child for inappropriate behavior or disrespect. Since this new