Teaching a class a year or a semester removed from their last course is par for the course here. My Physics and Math students do it each year.

I guess my biggest question right now is whether or not my kids will finish in a semester. And I am thinking that the only way to know is to try it out. I think I will request a desk copy of the 'official' book. Also, I will try to talk my administrator into scheduling it for 2nd semester so I have some time to try it out before giving it to kids. If all goes well, then I may have to teach JAVA in their grade 12 year. Perhaps Alice 3.0 will be out by then, and it will be an easy transition.

Just for background, I used to teach CS years ago using QBASIC and Pascal and have not done any programming besides my TI-83 since. Am I biting off more than I can chew here?

Thanks for all you wishes.