I originally wrote this entry for Facebook on April 29.  I only just learned that Mr. Rippey passed away on April 30.  How incredibly coincidental.  Consider this to be merely a remembrance from a former student.    “Mr. Rippey Never Had a Cavity” Today I was sitting in the dentist chair and I suddenly recalled Mr. Rippey from Le Conte Junior High School and later at Hollywood High.  He was an a…