Poker Club at High School Draws Controversy

I came across this article about a high school in the Washington DC area that has recently started an extra-curricular poker club.  (Click Here to Read the Story)  The article was really interesting as it brought up the debate about poker being used as a teaching tool for probability and statistics vs. impressionable minds getting caught into the trap of gambling.  As someone who loves playing poker, you can easily make a case for it in a educational aspect: knowing pot odds, when you're pot committed, and how many outs you have all take strong math skills.  Some of the best professional poker players rely exclusively on the numbers.  But the question becomes, in an era of WSOP on ESPN should students (who admitted in the article they play cash games at home) be exposed to it in a school setting?  What does everyone else think?  I highly recommend reading the article.