More than 100 parents demonstrated outside the City Chambers last Friday as councillors voted for a public consultation on the proposals, and four mothers chained themselves to the barriers outside the Chambers in protest.
A petition aimed at saving one of the schools, Victoria primary and nursery school in the suburb of Govanhill, has been signed by more than 1,000 people.
The council's proposals would affect more than 2,000 children and 100 teachers, who are to be redeployed to other settings.
The Labour-led council launched the six-week consultation last Monday (2 February), despite objections from opposition councillors who wanted more time for discussion before the proposals went out to the public.
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