Screen View Question as Host

I work in education. Next week, I'm hosting a speaker presentation -- I had to schedule it as a meeting because our org doesn't have a license for the webinar version. 

It's your typical Q & A, an interviewer (my boss) and the guest speaker. Here's where it gets tricky: during the presentation, boss wants me to go to gallery view at certain points during the presentation to see how many students have their cameras on. Problem is, the audience would see the gallery view, and not the speakers. 

Is there any kind of work-around for this? If I had a co-host, would that person be able to monitor the gallery?

I'm totally new to this, so thanks so much for your help, Zoom community!