ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the interface between the volunteers and the paid personnel, a significant problem. It deals with a comprehensive definition of what constitutes a voluntary public school. The significant influx of volunteer time was associated with changes in the organization of the selected schools and may have created a new relationship between the schools and their neighbourhoods. Conversely, schools, trying to offer the most services for the least cost, appeared to prefer some voluntary labour over fully paid labour. Some of the organizational programs designed to augment voluntarism may be quite cost-effective. A voluntary public school is one that is mainly supported by public funds but receives a substantial amount of its resources in the form of gifts. A voluntary public school is noted for its student achievement supported by the learning norm and its solidarity between benefactors and children supported by the caring norm. Cooperation of support staff and teachers sustain the voluntary public school.
