'Runner Fan' gets job in city school

The high school teacher who fled a classroom in Sichuan province leaving his students in danger when the May 12 earthquake struck has found a new job in Beijing.

Fan Meizhong has signed a two-year contract with Keyfind Education School in Haidian district, school spokesman Zhang Wenbin told Xinhua yesterday.

The former Chinese language teacher in a private high school in Dujiangyan city of Sichuan, was nicknamed "Runner Fan" by netizens for fleeing the classroom.