Year Minimum Foundation building program completed 1957. Pickens County Training received a new school at Tate. Pickens housed students from three counties: Pickens, Gilmer and high school students from Fannin. Based on an article in the Aug. 27, 1953 Pickens County Progress, Gilmer students began being bused in that year and its lone Black school closed.

Year of total integration c. 1966. The last year Tri-City appears in the Georgia Educational Directory was 1965-66. By that point, it might have only been Pickens students. Fannin's African American students were completely integrated into their local school system, including the high schoolers who had been bused to Pickens. Gilmer's complete integration was likely the same year as the federal government cracked down on busing across county lines that continued segregation.

Known high schools Pickens County Training (Tate) Tri-City (Tate) Tri-City got its name in 1961. "The citizens of the three communities voted to change the school's name from Pickens County Training to Tri-City School," said the April 13, 1961 Pickens County Progress. "This name was chosen from a list of names submitted to the P.T.A."

Known schools 1953-54: Pickens County Training (full list) 1955-56: Pickens County Training (4 teachers, including only one for high school grades) (full list) 1956-57: Pickens County Training (full list) The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57. 1956-57: Pickens County Training (grades 1-12) 1957-58: Pickens County Training (grades 1-12) 1958-59: Pickens County Training (grades 1-12) 1959-60: Pickens County Training (grades 1-12) 1960-61: Pickens County Training (grades 1-12) 1961-62: Tri-City (grades 1-12) 1962-63: Tri-City (grades 1-12) 1963-64: Tri-City (grades 1-12) 1964-65: Tri-City (grades 1-12) 1965-66: Tri-City (grades 1-12)

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