Question: What year did the controversial firing of the Director of Science in the curriculum division of the Texas Education Agency occur?
Context: Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds (born c. 1965) is Statewide Policy and Programs Deputy Commissioner, Education Agency, State of Texas.  She came to public attention in November 2007 over the controversial firing of Christine Comer. Texas Citizens for Science (TCS) is a Texas-based advocacy group that works to protect the accuracy and reliability of science education in Texas.  Its main activity is to oppose organized creationism in Texas, especially at the Texas State Board of Education, Texas Education Agency, Texas Legislature, and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Roscoe Collegiate High School or RCHS is a 3A public high school located in Roscoe, Texas (USA).  It is part of the Roscoe Independent School District located in north west Nolan County.  In 2009, Roscoe Collegiate High School received the Texas Education Agency's Early College High School designation, making it the only rural school in Texas to be designated as such.  In 2011, the school was rated "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency. The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was the fourth Texas state standardized test previously used in grade 3-8 and grade 9-11 to assess students' attainment of reading, writing, math, science, and social studies skills required under Texas education standards.  It is developed and scored by Pearson Educational Measurement with close supervision by the Texas Education Agency.  Though created before the No Child Left Behind Act was passed, it complied with the law.  It replaced the previous test, called the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), in 2003. John R. Hirschi Math/Science International Baccalaureate Magnet High School, commonly known as Hirschi High School or HHS, is a four-year public high school in Wichita Falls, Texas, located at 3106 Borton Lane.  It is an accredited International Baccalaureate (IB) World School offering the Diploma (IBDP) and Middle Years Program (MYP) to students wishing to pursue advanced academic study in mathematics, science, English, Spanish, French, history, and the arts.  Hirschi, an award-winning member of the Magnet Schools of America Association, also offers its students hands-on instruction in aviation, studio/visual art, and nursing.  Hirschi has an enrollment of 850 students and is overseen by the Wichita Falls Independent School District (WFISD) and the Texas Education Agency. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is a branch of the state government of Texas in the United States responsible for public education.  The agency is headquartered in the William B. Travis State Office Building in Downtown Austin.  Mike Morath, a member of the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees, was appointed commissioner of education by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Dec. 14, 2015. Christina Castillo Comer is the former Director of Science in the curriculum division of the Texas Education Agency (TEA).  Comer spent nine years as the Director of Science until she resigned on November 7, 2007.  Comer's resignation has sparked controversy about agency politics and the debate to teach evolution in public schools versus creationism or intelligent design. Michael Lawrence Williams (born May 31, 1953) is the former education commissioner of the U.S. state of Texas, in which capacity he was leader of the Texas Education Agency.  He was appointed to the position on August 27, 2012, by then Governor Rick Perry.  On October 15, 2015, Williams announced that he would step down as education commissioner at the end of the year to return to the private sector.  The 200-mile one-way commute from his home in Arlington to the state capital in Austin had become too taxing to remain in the position, Williams said.  Perry's successor, Governor Greg Abbott, named Mike Morath as Williams' successor in the position. West Texas High School is a public high school in Stinnett, Texas (USA).  In 1987 three great schools and communities, Plemons, Stinnett and Phillips joined forces to create the Plemons-Stinnett-Phillips Consolidated Independent School District.  Three mascots, the Plemons Indians, Stinnett Rattlers and the Phillips Blackhawks were blended together to create the Comanches.  The campuses of the district, West Texas Elementary School, West Texas Middle School and West Texas High School are all united as Comanches.  The school is classified as a 2A school by the UIL.  In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, commonly referred to as its acronym STAAR ( ), are a series of state-mandated standardized tests used in Texas public primary and secondary schools to assess a student's achievements and knowledge learned in the grade level.  It tests curriculum taught from the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, which in turn is taught by public schools.  The test used to be developed by Pearson Education every school year, although the most recent contract gave Educational Testing Service a role in creating some of the tests, under the close supervision of the Texas Education Agency.
Answer: 2007