An Oklahoma teen who four years ago shot and injured five classmates would not enroll in high school in Lawrence if he is allowed to come here to live with grandparents, the boy’s attorney said Wednesday.

“That’s not going to happen,” attorney Steven Novick said.

Seth Trickey, now 16, shot and injured classmates in December 1999 at Fort Gibson (Okla.) Middle School. He is now in custody in Oklahoma and in the fourth of five treatment phases at a “reintegration” group home, according to court records.

When he finishes that program, Oklahoma juvenile-justice officials have said they would recommend Trickey be allowed to come to Lawrence to live with his grandparents.

Trickey already has earned a high school diploma and scored a 22 on the ACT exam, Novick said, dispelling the notion that his client would attend high school here. Trickey has expressed interest in attending Haskell Indian Nations University, according to court records.

“He’s a bright young man,” Novick said.

The teen probably would be placed on probation-type supervision if he came to Douglas County, Novick said.

It continues to be unclear why Trickey may end up with his grandparents rather than his parents.

However, Oklahoma Juvenile Affairs spokeswoman Rhonda Burgess told the Tulsa World last week that it wasn’t unusual for the office to send a juvenile out of state to live with relatives to complete certain treatment phases.

At a June hearing, Novick touted Trickey’s grandparents, Robert and Marilyn Martin, as retired school teachers, with Marilyn Martin having experience working with juvenile offenders.

Oklahoma prosecutors oppose Trickey’s release and want him to remain in secure group homes until he turns 19.

A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Dec. 3 in Oklahoma.

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