Merger
In early August 2008, a merger with North Metro Technical College near Acworth (but in Bartow rather than Cobb) was approved. In October 2008, the two remaining campuses of Appalachian Technical College were added to the merger. This includes the nearby satellite campus in Woodstock, and the much further main campus, located on the outskirts of metro Atlanta in Jasper. (The Woodstock campus switched at the beginning of January 2009, while the third Fannin campus in Epworth went to another TCSG school, North Georgia Technical College.)
The merger, expedited due to the 2009 recession, officially took effect at the beginning of July 2009 (Georgia fiscal year "2010"). Originally all schools would be forced to completely change their names, and all signs and stationery which use them. However, in January 2009 it was announced that "Chattahoochee Technical College" would continue to be the name, although the logo was changed. Dr. Sanford Chandler, president of Appalachian Tech, was named the head of the newly combined school. Dr. Harlon Crimm was the previous head of Chattahoochee Tech.
Rather than being named the Bartow, Pickens, and Cherokee campuses as would be consistent with the other county-named TCSG schools, they are called the North Metro, Appalachian, and Woodstock campuses.
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