I've been informed about the situation this morning. Apologies as I did not check email this weekend. In terms of the grade, he is 3% away from a D for semester 2. However, as he was previously informed that this grade would count and he did not show up for that week, we feel he needs to learn from this, since he has missed the class more than several times. As for allowing for him to "make up". Mr. Ray has final authorization to change the grade once it is final and I will follow up on this if you would like to go forward with this request.
As for graduation, I am quite sure that we plan on allowing him to graduate as we've always known that Mark was a special case student due to the reasons we've discussed since previous years and in your emails with teachers. However, my suggestion is that he keeps the second semester "F" because missing the rehearsals is quite a significant factor when there is a show being arranged. This seems like a fair consequence which mirrors the working world. While his record may show "F" for semester 2, he will receive credit for the year as he passed semester 1 and the average grade for 2 semesters together is a pass (we can give some leeway for this due to the circumstance). However, we still would like him to perform during the Spring Concert.
Mark himself spoke to me about this today and his reasons for not showing up for that assignment seems rather invalid for asking for a make up. He was not as humble as he should have been when making this kind of request, but I understand his style. I explained that his reason for missing the class was hardly valid as a case to make a special request.Therefore, I suggested him to take the "F", while the school allows his graduation. He seemed to be in agreement as long as he can finish school. Please let me know if you have any questions about this. If you would like to pursue the make up exam further, please let me know, or you can make a direct request to Mr. Ray.