Super surprised they haven't charged my old art teacher with anything like this. All of the teachers hate her because shes the favourite among students

Your should be able to appeal that...so you are their favourite...they shouldn't care

Don't let their jealousy get to you. That's an awesome gift to have and if it isn't recognized. That place just lost a great personality.

the worst part about this is that getting another child care job just got harder for OP cause they wont have a good reference for the last 5 years

They just made the kids hate them more, and now they're going to have to deal with moody kids for the next 2 or 3 months. As to you, look into wrongful termination, defamation of character, and slander laws, and consider getting a lawyer and pressing charges against your coworkers for accusing you of being a child molester. Which is a very serious charge for them to point at you, especially if it really is out of petty jealousy. The fact they are this jealous over the kids preferring you actually sets off warning bells IMHO.

This reminds me of the clown from American horror story for some reason

Plot twist: OP is actually creepy.

I'm very sure you can somehow challenge this claim

I keep noticing how easy it seems to be to get fired for no good reason in the USA. Don't you have any employee rights over there?

"You know why the kids like me better? I'm not a ******* ****."