Julie said: "These plans were ill thought out and unacceptable.
"We accept that there is a problem with surplus education places - not just in Cardiff, but across Wales - but the issue must be dealt with in a manner which is sustainable. Parents must be adequately consulted; and successful schools which are at the heart of their communities must not close.
"I campaigned to save Eglwys Wen, Cefn Onn and Whitchurch High Lower School. Very many parents signed up to the campaign and told the Council to go back and think again."
Julie, Sue and Sophie held a packed-out public meeting at Whitchurch High School on 12 April, where parents expressed their opposition to the plans for the area.
Local councillor Sophie Howe said: "The level of opposition to the Lib Dems' proposals was huge across the constituency and indeed across the whole of Cardiff. Parents in Whitchurch banded together and organised petitions and campaign posters. They were up in arms at the plans and were pleased to see them withdrawn.
"Residents across Cardiff wanted the Council to go back to the drawing board. They were right to do so."
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