Many government offices closed on Tuesday, Veterans Day
Look for many government offices to be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day.
– Nov. 11 is a holiday for the Unified Government, the state of Kansas and the federal government. Kansas City, Kan., City Hall and Bonner Springs City Hall will be closed.
– Trash will be picked up as usual on Veterans Day, and there are no changes to the schedule this week, according to a note posted on the Deffenbaugh website.
– Veterans Day, Nov. 11, is a postal holiday, and mail will not be delivered that day.
– Kansas City, Kan., Municipal Court will be closed on Nov. 11 for the holiday. Any court cases scheduled for Nov. 11 will be rescheduled for the following Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the same time.
– Veterans Day, Nov. 11, is a holiday for the Kansas Judicial Branch, including the Wyandotte County District Court.
– The U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., also is closed on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
– Many area schools will be open on Veterans Day.
Open on Nov. 11 will be the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools, the Piper Public Schools, Turner Public Schools, Bonner Springs Public Schools and Kansas City Kansas Community College.
– The Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools and KCKCC have board meetings scheduled on Nov. 11.
– The KCKCC board meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 11 at the college, 7250 State Ave. The agenda is at http://www.kckcc.edu/docs/default-source/default-document-library/board-of-trustees/agenda—november-11-2014.pdf?sfvrsn=4.
– The Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools Board of Education is scheduled to meet at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Central Office, 2010 N. 59th St., Kansas City, Kan. The agenda is online at http://www.boarddocs.com/ks/kckps/Board.nsf/vpublic?open.
– The Kansas City, Kan., Public Library will be open.
– The Bonner Springs City Library will be closed to the public.
– Veterans will ride free on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, on the buses in the Kansas City area. The buses will operate on their normal schedule that day. KCATA administrative offices will be closed. However, the Regional Call Center, 816-221-0660, and the Share-A-Fare offices, 816-842-9070, will operate normal hours on Tuesday.
The Metro, the Jo, the UG Transit and IndeBus will offer free fares to veterans on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Veterans should show their Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Identification Card, or a Missouri or Kansas driver’s license or state-issued identification card displaying “Veteran” on the back of the license. For information, visit www.kcata.org.