Who deserves a Standing O this year? What are the criteria? A few years ago we decided to let those answers rest entirely in the hands of last year’s winners. It has become a December tradition to contact the current Standing O’s and ask them to select someone they feel deserves recognition, for any variety of reasons. It’s a gesture of goodwill, lending the spotlight to someone else in the community. But I have to admit, I tried to talk one person out of her choice. Lynette Shott was a Standing O in 2019. She was on the executive team for Flagler Schools at the time and has since retired and moved out of state, but I reached her by phone to ask for her choice for 2020. She chose Joe Rizzo, the executive director of the Flagler County Education Foundation.