Good morning, Alexandria.

Hold onto something today: sunny and 63 degrees, but the northwest wind picks up to 19 to 24 mph by mid-morning with gusts to 34. Tonight is calm and clear, down to 41, and Tuesday is a gift, sunny and 68 degrees.

It’s a busy week for the people who run this city, and most of it is open to you. Tonight at 5 p.m., council members and School Board members meet at ACPS headquarters for their regular subcommittee meeting. Tomorrow night the School Board holds its public hearing on the $370.6 million capital plan at 6 p.m., with the Let’s Talk ACPS town hall at 6:30 in the same building, and council meets at 7 p.m. at Del Pepper for a legislative meeting. Wednesday is Veterans Day: city offices, courts, libraries and schools are closed, DASH runs a Saturday schedule, and trash and recycling slide a day. A look at what's happening this week is in “This week,” below.

Here’s what you need to know for Monday, Nov. 9.