I know Questions is very happy with it.
I think the big question to ask is if you can use it independently in your area--and thus adapt it to your child's needs just like any other curriculum--or if you must be associated with the public schools. The latter is much more restrictive from what I understand. (I'm soooooo not an expert on this, however!)
May I also be so bold as to suggest that you don't have to be overwhelmed. Honest.
<reassuring pats on the back>
Check out "What Your Xth Grader Needs to Know" by Hirsch and/or "Home Learning Year By Year" by Rupp, follow your child's interests, make sure you do some work on all the required subjects (math, language arts, writing, science, health & safety, music, art, P.E., history, social studies...I don't think I missed any, did I?), and then just relax.
I PROMISE you that it is NOT as hard as you think it is. There are plenty of things about homeschooling that are a serious challenge. But what to teach does not have to be one of them. I think you're making WAAAAAAY more out of the coverage issue than is really required.
Curriculum is just another way of saying "what he should learn." With some help from books like Hirsch's and Rupp's, I'm pretty sure you have a better sense than you think you do about what he should learn.
Hang in there!
