[Python] file path not reading correctly in python

I have combed SO and have seen this question asked before but none of the answers are working in my code. I want to load the file board.kv from the subdirectory Board. Whether I use

r'Board\board.kv'


or

R'Board\board.kv'


or

"Board\\board.kv"


or even:

'Board/board.kv'


I get

OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: 'Board\x08oard.kv'


While I don't think it is relevant, I am using PowerShell and tried going through examples using strings in the powershell python interpreter trying various strings like

$myString = r'Board\board'

$myString

Board\\board

but I can not get Board\board. Thanks for any help. I have never had a problem like this before.

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