Santa Clara County child welfare officials have recommended firing four employees after an investigation into the death of 2-year-old Jaxon Juarez at a foster home, according to a county memo obtained by the Chronicle.
In a June 30 memo to Department of Family and Children’s Services staff, agency Director Wendy Kinnear-Rausch and Assistant Director Melissa Suarez said 12 employees had been placed on paid administrative leave while the county reviewed Jaxon’s case.
Of those employees, four are now facing termination, four have been cleared to return to work, three have left county employment through retirement or resignation and one remains on paid leave while the inquiry continues, the officials wrote. The county has not publicly identified the employees…