Arithmetic Intervention?

Today  this paper came home from school with one of my kids... 

...An invitation for an "Arithmetic Intervention".   

Intervention??  What ever happened to schools simply suggesting that your kid needs math tutor?

And what exactly happens at a math intervention?  Do they surprise the poor kid by gathering all his teachers in a room and let them take turns telling the unsuspecting child his math habits are killing his academic career and that they can't stand by an longer and helplessly watch him not carry his ones anymore?  Does this mean he gets a sponsor?  Yikes!  The poor kid is only 11 and he's getting his first intervention!  [Not that I'm saying exactly who it is...]

But, since they're trying to help, I've got a few suggestions for more after school programs they should offer:

• "Turning in your homework on time Intervention"

•  "Don't forget to bring your lunch to school Intervention" 

• "Please remember to comb your hair before you go to school Intervention"

•  "Stop wearing your sisters socks Intervention".

Oh the possibilities!  I could get used to these interventions!