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We have a very broad "right to petition" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_petition) our representatives and executives. Yes, the school board must listen to your crazy rants, because it's literally their job to represent you, or at least to be aware that your views exist.

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Your school board doesn't have to listen. They can put headphones on and hum loudly through your speech if they like. They just can't prevent you from talking to them.

Equivalently, the judge seems to have concluded that the President muting someone on Twitter is fine, but blocking them is not.

Well, Teump can't block someone because it's been defined his Twitter account is official policy of the President. The same would be true for any government official who's account is defined as such.

If it were a personal account, with personal views being posted, blocking would be fine. You could probably even make your account private and only allow approved followers. But, that's not the case here.

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