A local teacher, recently fired from Edmonton Public Schools after violating the "no-zero" policy at a local high school, has a new job.

Lynden Dorval will be teaching physics at Tempo School, a private school for kindergarten to grade 12, located in the Riverbend area.

Dorval said the school has a solid reputation for academic achievement.

"They give zeroes." Dorval tells CTV News. "They made it very clear up front that they do give zeroes at that school. It's a very good school -- very high academics ... very high achieving students."

The headmaster of the school said teachers are given the responsibility to mark students as they see fit, with no school-wide policy governing marking student assignments.

“Our grading policy, our evaluation policy is by and large set by teachers, and it varies from teach to teacher,” Headmaster Peter Mitchell said.

Parents of students at the school are applauding the school’s choice.

“We value teachers that are supportive of education and high academic standards,” Anila Joy, parent of three students at Tempo School said.

“I think he did what he thought was right,” Phyllis Cohen, a grandmother of four Tempo students said. “I totally agree.”

Now, after Dorval became a household name for his fight – the spotlight is now giving Tempo some publicity.

“I’ve had e-mails from people I’ve never met in my inbox this morning,” Mitchell said.

Dorval's new job will start on the day after his termination from the public school district takes effect in mid-October.

“I’m going to be very happy to at least do some teaching, to have some normalcy to my life,” Dorval said. “I don’t regret it.”

In the meantime, he still plans to appeal the Edmonton Public School Board's decision to let him go.

With files from Laura Tupper