Doncaster Council's chief executive said management would continue to meet with unions More than half of the schools in South Yorkshire have been closed or partially shut as staff strike in a national protest over pensions.At least 366 of the county's schools have been hit and of those 193 were fully closed, council figures show.
As well as teaching unions, members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) and Unison are striking.
In total, about 20,000 public sector workers in South Yorkshire are involved in the walkout.
In Doncaster, the strike threatened to disrupt the end-of-school prom for pupils at Ridgewood School until parents stepped in to save the day.
Year 11 pupils at the Scawsby school traditionally meet for celebrations at the school during the day before going to the prom at night.
Parents stepped in to save the event after it coincided with the industrial action.
Lynn Hall, a parent and governor at Ridgewood, said a group of parents had come together to organise the prom event "for the sake of the kids".
She said: "We found out at the end of last week that the school leavers' event was cancelled.
"We got our heads together and we said we've got sons affected and friends affected and we could see how gutted they were.
"This is not just for our sons and mates, it's for the entire 240 kids at the school.
"We knew there had to be an alternative."
Picket linesUnison members working at Doncaster Council are also striking over job cuts and changes to terms and conditions.
Adult social education centres in Thorne, Conisbrough, Mexborough and Hayfield were due to be closed but the council said it did not expect disruption to any other services.
Rob Vincent, the council's chief executive, said: "I am disappointed with the outcome but we will continue to meet with unions and discuss the areas of proposed changes over which they have expressed concern."
Demos and picket lines are planned across the county including a rally at Barker's Pool in Sheffield and picket lines at job centres in Maltby and Rotherham.
Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield councils are updating lists of school closures on their websites.
Latest figure show 55 schools are closed in Barnsley with 14 partially closed.
In Doncaster 57 schools are closed with 18 partially shut.
In Rotherham 55 schools are closed with a further 41 partially closed.
And in Sheffield 26 schools are closed with another 98 partially shut.
Doncaster's Robin Hood Airport said it was not anticipating any problems.
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