Za-Chary wrote:
(#2)
Remember that Scratch is used for education. If the April Fools' festivities last for too long, this could distract students from their lessons. One distracting day could be fine, but a week can be pushing it.

“can be”, not “is”.

The Scratch website also serves as entertainment and has an educational aspect. Secondly, I don't think that AFD changes are necessarily distracting for students – they're just trivial and may not be as conspicuous as you think. In the extreme case, schools are better off instructing students to download offline Scratch, simply since the site was deemed “too distracting” for students. The homepage looks like one of those offline game sites that students would play on school PCs.