"The flag should never be used as wearing apparel,..."

According to U.S. Code Title 4 Chapter 1 Section 8d "The flag should never be used as wearing apparel,...".  While I understand the desire or intent is patriotic it is disrespectful to the flag to wear it as apparel.  So those children over at the Live Oak High School may have intended to show patriotism by wearing apparel to school depicting the American flag it in essence is a form of disrepect to the flag.  While I don't agree with the schools reaction I do think there could've been a better method to expressing their patriotism without disrespecting the flag.