KIPP, Inc. v. Kimberly Whitehead

OPINION

TERRY JENNINGS, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, 1 appellant, KIPP, Inc. (“KIPP”), challenges the trial court’s order denying its plea to the jurisdiction 2 on the claims brought against it by appellee, Kimberly Whitehead, for employment discrimination based on her sex and race. 3 In five issues, KIPP contends that the trial court erred in denying its plea. 4

We affirm.

Background

In her original petition, Whitehead, who is Caucasian, alleges that KIPP, an open-enrollment charter school, 5 employed her as an “Administrative Learning Specialist” from April 2009 to February 17, 2011,…