She could be a former college player, and thinks this move is legal in high school ball. Little does she know that NCAA Rule 12.21.6.5 applies to, well, only NCAA play.
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12.21.6.5 The batter-runner, after overrunning first base, must immediately return nonstop to first base or, if she does not retouch first base, must make an attempt to advance to second. If after passing the base, the batter-runner is heading back toward first base within the baseline extended, she may make a decision to go to either base. However, stepping beyond the extended baseline in foul territory commits her to first base while stepping beyond the baseline toward the second-base side commits her to second base.
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Just keep calling her runners out in your game, and hopefully other umpires will do the same, until it finally sinks in.
Oh, and BTW, the correct rule in FED is 8-7-4d and 4e (I assume from your OP that the BR did not make it all the way back to first base when she took off for second).