Atlanta Public Schools (APS) wants to take over Fulton County schools in South Fulton.......

On the contrary. The City of Atlanta filed a lawsuit on March 18th, 2015 AGAINST the Atlanta Public School System to resolve whether the City Council can make a policy choice to keep the annexed area within the Fulton County School system. As Georgia law states currently, once a community is annexed, the residents of the annexation area and any annexed school property will transition over to the Atlanta Public Schools system.

http://www.atlantaga.gov/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=18380

FACT: The City of Atlanta did not want to take over any Fulton County schools or force students to change schools. In response to an annexation petition submitted by residents of the Sandtown community, the City of Atlanta sued to change the law requiring schools in annexed areas be included in the APS system.