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For the kids who call it home, the band room is a place of real refuge: somewhere to go during free periods, if you don’t like your lunch or if you just need a few minutes to reset your day.

Baldwin has a Chill Room that students use as an escape.“Kids can write themselves passes to come to the Chill Room if they need a few minutes to calm down, to destress,” Tomaszewski said ...