Supporters say Ysgol Llanddeusant is at the heart of the community

Councillors backed the closures at Aberffraw and Llanddeusant after hearing empty places across the county cost more than �400,000 in 2006.

In Gwynedd the council has published a revised draft document on its plans to close 29 schools and federalise others.

The changes will provide a reprieve to some of the schools which had been earmarked for closure.

On Anglesey the council decided that it was unreasonable to keep any school with fewer than 20 pupils open, and is also looking at the viability of those with under 50.

If the proposed closures are given the go-ahead, 17-pupil Ysgol Aberffraw could close next August and 23-pupil Ysgol Llandduesant in August 2009.

They will be closing the only central meeting point in the community William Spencer Hughes, chairman of governors, Llanddeusant

A plan to close one of the eight primary schools in Holyhead was deferred.

There is room for more than 1,400 pupils in the eight schools, and there are currently 200 empty places.

Anglesey education portfolio holder John Meirion Davies said: "The situation is more complicated in Holyhead because although the individual schools are sustainable there are a high number of empty places too."

William Spencer Hughes, chairman of governors at Llanddeusant, said they would fight any closure plans.

"Our greatest concern is that if they close this school in a rural area then they will be closing the only central meeting point in the community," he said.

The report will be discussed by the council's executive committee on 17 December.

Parents in Gwynedd reacted angrily to plans to close 29 schools

In Gwynedd the latest draft on the review process will extend the consultation process and potentially give a temporary reprieve to some of the schools earmarked for closure and federalisation.

Originally schools had been put into three consultation groups, A, B and C, with A starting on the process in the New Year.

Now the consultation process for the first batch in group A will be extended by six months.

"The timetable takes us to 2011, I believe, which is a long time which has been carefully mapped out step by step," said schools portfolio holder Dyfed Edwards.

"This takes in the informal discussions and the statutory consultations which will hopefully allow everyone to present their case for and against any proposal."

Councillor Owain Williams, of the Llais y Bobl (People's Voice) group set up to oppose the proposed changes, said the longer consultation process was the result of pressure on councillors.

"This is happening because of the pressure on the [council] board from parents, governors, communities who are unanimous in wanting this document killed off," he said.