Just over 90 per cent of those who voted backed the action, with further walk-outs seen as likely unless a compromise can be reached.
Jim Halfpenny, of the local branch of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), said: “It shows that teachers are really angry. They say management is treating them with total contempt. They have failed so far to take the views of teachers seriously and are intent on imposing something teachers completely disagree with.”
There was potential for another day of strike this week, he added.
Members picketed St Peter the Apostle High, Clydebank High, Dumbarton Academy, Our Lady and St Patrick’s High, and Vale of Leven Academy, affecting a total of about 5,000 pupils.
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