Class Cancelled

When I began teaching, a quick phone call or email to the secretary to slap a sign on the classroom door sufficed when cancelling class. Then it became policy to email students and post on LMS, that was it. If you were going to be absent more than the 3 allocated for the term, reach out to your chair. NOW, I have a nine-step checklist for cancelling class at one school and 7 at another. Is this a unique challenge for me to jump through extensive hoops, or is this happening across the board?