ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses that the administrator's special role in voluntarism, the recruitment of benefactors and the management of volunteers are addressed from accounts given by people in the selected schools. The case of Great Lake Elementary presents several elements of the administration of voluntary public schools. Principals and teachers in the selected schools usually held orientation meetings in which they explained guidelines of volunteer work. Some spoke of the "attitude of the school" and others stressed a "school climate" that favoured benevolence. A few made the willingness to work with parents a factor a hiring consideration for the acquisition of new teachers in their schools. Principals of selected schools affirmed the centrality of voluntarism among their priorities and showed a considerable commitment to make their schools welcome places for parents and nonparents. The selected schools, which were successful at converting free riders into volunteers, were clearly skilled at persuading individuals to donate their time.
